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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. BRANDON, OF HARVEYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDROBERT P. ROBINSON, OF \VILKESBARRE, PA.

CARPET STRETCH ER AND TACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,131, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed October 7. 1884. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. BRANDON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harveyville, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarpet Stretchers and Tackers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved carpet stretcher andtacker. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view[5 of the spring for holding the tack.

My invention relates to appliances for stretching carpets so that theiredges may be brought close to the walls of any rooms in which they arebeing put down, and for inserting the tacks which then hold them in position.

My invention consists in the detailed construction of the carpetstretcher and tacker hereinafter fully described and shown in theaccompanying drawings.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A is the carpet-stretcher, consisting of a series of sharp points, a,curved downward so as to press into the carpet, and carried by the bentfork a", the end of which is firmly secured in the handle B.

O is the tacker provided at one end with a double eye and secured to thebent portion of the stretcher by the pin 0, on which it vibrates. Theother end of thetacker is formed with a projecting head, 0, on the upperside,

and with a spring, 0 on the under side for carrying the tack, the headof which is held up against the under side of the head 0.

The spring 0' is formed with a forked end, 0

for holding the tack, and is attached to the main part of the tacker bythe rivets c.

D is a spring which projectsfrom the handle.

B and passes through the fork of the double eye. It holds up the tackerwhile the carpet is being stretched. The carpet-stretcherAis providedwith a slot, (1 in the center, underneath the tacker.

A tack being inserted in the tacker, as shown in Fig. 1. the points aare pressed into the edge of the carpet, and the appliance is pushedforward by hand until the carpet is stretched to the desired extent. Afew smart blows from a hammer on the head 0 of the tacker will thendrive the tack through the edge of the carpet and secure it to the floorin its stretched position. The appliance can then be withdrawn, and thehead of the tack either knocked down close to the carpet or leftstanding slightly above it so as to be convenient for future removal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A carpet stretcher consisting of a series of sharp points divided bya central slot and carried by a bent fork the end of which is secured ina handle, in combination with a tacker pivoted to the said stretcher andprovided with a projecting head and a spring for holding a tack over thesaid central slot, and with a spring projecting from the handle forholding the said tacker in position, substantially as described andshown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a carpet stretcher and tacker, the combination of the series ofsharp points a, having central slot a and carried by the bent fork a,secured in the handle B, the tacker 0, having projecting head 0, spring0 having forked end 0 and the spring D, substantially as described andshown, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE M. BRANDON.

Witnesses:

SOLON O. KEMON, CHAS. A. PETTI'l.

